Is it good or bad for your car? What about gas mileage? I have heard mixed opinions............
2006-06-08 07:22:25 · 5 answers · asked by texasgirl5454312 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Ethanol contains less energy than gasoline per volume, but higher detonation resistance. Overall, fuel economy will decline slightly. For more information on energy content (which is the main factor in fuel economy), see the link.
Modern cars are designed to run with up to 20-30% ethanol or methanol in mixture with gasoline. A higher percentage than this could have a detrimental effect on fuel system rubbers and on cold starting.
2006-06-08 07:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethanol is a burnable fuel. E10 and E15, which is the most common blend, is fuel using ethanol as an additive. It is just as good as all other fuels with other additives and better for the environment than most common fuel additives.
The additive is to oxygenate the fuel, which ethanol does a good job of, so that a larger portion of the fuel combusts. Gas mileage shouldn't be altered at E10.
It is perfectly practical. There is nothing at all bad about E10 or E15.
The contraversy is E85 or straight ethanol. Ethanol has a third less energy than gasoline blends. One group says that it is inefficient and a whole lot of other groups say that it is efficient to make. There isn't enough corn to make that much ethanol. But there is enough biomass to produce cellulose ethanol.
These are the issues.
2006-06-09 19:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-08 17:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by grizz9duckling702 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant run it in a regular ingine not the 85 % if you do you have to run an adative witch is sold at most parts housess its a oilless fuel thats why
2006-06-08 14:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by tonydiekman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a renewable energy source. Can be produced locally. Burns cleaner. Cheaper to manufacture and buy.
2006-06-08 14:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Jack 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋